Verdicts
May 2, 2009
$3.75 Million Settlement in Orange County Jail Beating Is a New Record
Fernando Ramirez, an undocumented worker from Mexico, was left brain damaged from a beating he took from fellow inmates. The settlement also calls for changes to jail operations.
Daily Journal Staff Writer SANTA ANA - Orange County has agreed to pay a record setting $3.75 million and change the way it operates its jails to settle a claim by a former inmate who was left brain-damaged after being beaten by other prisoners. Fernando Ramirez, an undocumented worker from Mexico, was attacked when inmates discovered he was in jail on a child-molestation charge. Ramirez v. County of Orange, 8:07-cv-6...
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